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The true story of an FBI undercover agent (Johnny Depp) who becomes Donnie Brasco, 'The Jewel Man', to infiltrate one of the mob families. Donnie manoeuvres his way into the confidence of ageing hit man, Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino) who trusts Donnie and vouches for him to the mob.

But Lefty and Donnie become friends when they should be enemies. As Donnie moves deeper and deeper into the Mafia chain of command, he realises he is not only crossing the line between federal agent and criminal but it also leading his friend Lefty to an almost certain death sentence...

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Nick Wild (Jason Statham) is a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal professional skills and a personal gambling problem. When a friend is beaten by a sadistic thug, Nick strikes back, only to find out the thug is the son of a powerful mob boss.

Suddenly Nick is plunged into the criminal underworld, chased by enforcers and wanted by the mob. Having raised the stakes, Nick has one last play to change his fortunes…and this time, it's all or nothing.

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Danger, scandal and smoking guns are no match for resourceful CIA operative Annie Walker (Piper Perabo), who proves herself as astute as ever in season four of Covert Affairs.

When Annie and Auggie (Christopher Gorham), her blind lover and colleague, mix business with pleasure on a trip to Colombia, they ruffle the feathers of local CIA station chief Calder Michaels (Hill Harper), whose seemingly fleeting allegiance has major implications for the future of the Domestic Protection Division. Complicating matters, Arthur (Peter Gallagher) reveals a "covert affair" of his own, while Henry's (Gregory Itzin) ulterior motives are brought to light. Venture across South America, Europe, and Asia with Annie in all 16 thrilling episodes, back-to-back and uninterrupted.

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'Jordskott' is a gripping Nordic mystery thriller set in Sweden. Seven years after the disappearance of her daughter Josefine, police investigator Eva Thornblad is still trying to cope with the grief of her loss.

Even though her daughter was said to have drowned, Eva knows in her heart that someone took her child on that fateful day by the Silverhojd lake. When a young boy goes missing in the same forest Eva returns to delve into the dark mystery that haunts her. As she is drawn into the investigation she learns that there are much deeper and darker forces in operation. Eva now faces the toughest of all questions: how far is she willing to go to protect the one she loves?

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Nobel Prize winning German scientist, Werner Heisenberg, is aiding the Nazis' efforts to develop an atom bomb using 'heavy water' from a factory deep in the Norwegian mountains.

Desperate to crush Hitler's catastrophic goal, The Allies plan and mount a series of daring sabotage missions to blow up the plant before the Germans can create their potentially devastating nuclear weapon, an enterprise fraught with many dilemmas and epic challenges, the outcome of which will determine the future of democracy itself. Leading English, Norwegian and German actors portray the real-life characters and heroes of one of the most exciting stories from the Second World War, dramatised over six parts.

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Take a bone-chilling journey into evil, and witness how Thomas Hewitt (Andrew Bryniarski) became the infamous and deranged serial killer Leatherface. Born under the most gruesome of conditions, an abandoned baby is found and taken in by the demented Hewitt family.

As he grows under their morbid nurturing, Thomas develops a ravenous appetite for chainsaws and torture. This is unfortunate for four teens captured by the shady local "sheriff" (Lew Temple) and brought to the Hewitts' sadistic hose of horrors. There, the teenagers must fight to survive as Thomas' murderous desires are unleashed and Leatherface is born.

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The year is 1977. Phoebe O'Connor (Jordana Brewster) lives in San Francisco with her mother. She has just graduated from high school and is enrolled to start university in the fall.

But Phoebe feels disconnected from the world around her, and is increasingly obsessed with the memory of her sister Faith (Cameron Diaz), who killed herself in Portugal six years earlier. Faith was a charismatic and beautiful creature, everyone's favourite - and the circumstances of her death seem incomprehensible to all who knew her. Against her mother's wishes, Phoebe decides to follow Faith's path through Europe and discover the truth of what happened to her. Armed only with the postcards Faith sent to her years before, she sets out, travelling to each location her sister visited, trying to uncover the mystery of her sister's death.

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In Peter Bogdanovich's much-anticipated return to the silver screen, "She's Funny That Way", young Hollywood starlet Isabella (Imogen Poots) recalls how the actions of charming Broadway director, Arnold (Owen Wilson), changed her life forever.

A classic style New York romantic comedy with touches of classic screwball and a sprinkling of terrific cameos, the former escort reminisces to a reporter about her rags to riches fairy tale - a chain of events affecting the lives of everyone involved, including Arnold's wife Delta (Kathryn Hahn), leading man Seth (Rhys Ifans), playwright Joshua (Will Forte) and even Isabella's therapist, Jane (Jennifer Aniston).

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'Mr and Mrs Murder' are crime scene cleaners Charlie and Nicola Buchanan a fun-loving and flirtatious couple whose unique quirks and talents lead them to solve baffling murder mysteries in this funny and thrill-filled series.

Combine Charlie's vice-like grasp of facts and figures with Nicola's deep sense of justice, observational skills and human empathy, and before you know it they're not just cleaning, they're cleaning-up crime, Supported by Detective Peter Vinetti who needs them more than they know; Nicola's niece the young and increasingly less naive Jess Chalmers and their good friends Alan and Janine who appears at ease reassembling an AK-47 or baking a sponge cake, Charlie and Nicola pursue clever killers and misguided murderers in the unexpected worlds of musical theatre, the seaside elite, high fashion, modern art, and more as they earn themselves a well-deserved reputation as 'Mr and Mrs Murder'.

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When wayward teen, Kylie is sentenced to home detention, she finds herself confronted by a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about her return. Along with the security guard charged with monitoring her ankle bracelet, Kylie begins to unravel the secrets that lie within the walls.

As the mystery unfolds, she is drawn into a tangle of terror that forces her to face her darkest fears.

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John (Jack Reynor) lives with his mother, Jean (Toni Collette), in a Dublin social housing suburb and ekes out a meager living as a taxi driver.

Spending his days hanging out with his best friend, Shane (Will Poulter) and long nights driving, he returns home one morning to find his mother unconscious from an overdose. It is not the first time. Embarrassed and engulfed by a sense of helplessness, Jean violently rejects John's attempts to help. But when Jean is offered a final opportunity to recover by her counselor Jim (Michael Smiley), and with no savings or insurance, John is forced to offer his services to a criminal gang to help pay for his mother's costly rehabilitation program. John is subsequently faced with a life-changing task that may alter him and his family's lives forever.

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For Shirin (Desiree Akhavan), being part of a perfect family isn't easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn't know she's bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine (Rebecca Henderson), can't understand why she doesn't tell them.

Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother's betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.

When 15 year-old Steve is thrown out of a juvenile centre, his single mother Diane takes on the daunting task of home schooling her troubled son. Struggling to make ends meet and rocked by Steve's livewire temperament, a shy, reclusive neighbour may prove to be the duo's unlikely saviour.

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Jennifer Lopez stars as Claire, a high-school teacher recently separated from her husband.

When a handsome and charismatic 19-year-old boy, Noah (Ryan Guzman), moves-in next door, Claire, in a moment of weakness, surrenders to Noah's advances and they have an extremely intense and steamy night together. When Claire tries to end it, Noah's flirtation turns into a dangerous, violent obsession - and Claire is pushed to her limits to protect her world from being torn apart.

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Ingrid can see in her dreams. The way the world around her looks, her husbands office, their favourite restaurant... memories. Its when Ingrid wakes each morning and opens her eyes that she suddenly remembers she is blind.

With her life dramatically changed, Ingrid has retreated to the safety of her apartment where she can feel in control once again. Her imagination becomes her reality - her deepest fantasies, desires and fears provide a constant internal monologue. But how can Ingrid make sense of all that is happening to her and who can she trust now?